People are heading to blood banks to make donations after the mass shooting in Orlando. Sanika Dange reports.

People are heading to blood banks to make donations after the mass shooting in Orlando. Sanika Dange reports.

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Updated: 9:33 AM EDT Jun 13, 2016

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WEBVTT SCARY THAT THERE ARE SOMANY DIFFERE AVENUES FOR THOSEWI RADICAL VIEWS TO REACH OUTTO OUR YOUTH AND PERSUADE THEMTO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS.WE WANT TO GO LIVE TO SANIKADANGE.SHE IS IN THE ORLANDO AREA.SANIKA YOU ARE AT THAT BLOODCENTER WHERE PEOPLE HAVE BEENLINED UP FOR HOURS TO DONATE.SANIKA THAT'S RIGHT.SO MY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HERE ATLINE UP TO DONATE THAT ABOUT 20MINUTES AGO, THEY CAME OUT ANDSAID PEOPL NEED TO LEAVE IFTHEY DO NOT HAVE 0- LOOD, THEYARE SO OVERCAPACITY.JUST A TESTAMENT TO HOW THISCOMMUNITY HAS RISEN, WE ARESEEING AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OFDONATIONS BE MADE.WE SAW PAPA JOHN'S HERE EARLIERDROPPING OFF T SET -- PIZZA.WE SAW TAKE-OUT FOOD BEINGDROPPED OFF.JUST SMALL THINGS THE COMMUNITYIS TRYING TO DO TO SHOW SUPPORT,EVEN KNOW AT THIS POINT IN TIMETHEY ARE ALMOST AT OVERCAPACITYWITH CERTAIN AMOUNTS OF BLOOD.I SPOKE TO A COUPLE PEOPLE HERE,HERE TO SH SUPPORT ANDSOLIDARITY FOR THE CITY OFORLANDO.I WANT TO BRING SOMEONE IN RIGHTNOW.WE WERE JUST SPEAKING EARLIER,YOU ARE HERE BECAUSE YOU AREACTUALLY WORKING LAST NIGHT ANDYOU HEARD ALL DOWN. I WORK ABOUT A QUARTER MILEDOWN THE ROAD FROM PULSE. KNOW A LOT PEOPLE WHO ATPULSE AND WE HAVE A FRIEND TO GOTHERE.LAST NIGHT WE HEARD SOMETHINGWAS GOING ON, WE WERE NOT SUREWHAT IT WAS, BUT AS A TRICKLEDOWN THE AUTHORITY LATTER WESTARTED FIGURING OUT THAT WASSOMETHING MORE THA JUST A FIGHTIN THE STREETS AT A CLUB.IT WAS ON TH LATER WE GOT HOMETHAT WE ARE CHECKING FACEBOOKAND TWITTER ANY NEWS THAT THEREWAS ACTUALLY SOMETHING MORE THANTHAT.WE DID NOT KNOW THE SEVERITY OFIT UNTIL LATER ON.SANIKA I KNOW YOU WORK A COUPLEBLOCKS AWAY.DID YOU EVER EXPECT SOMETHINGLIKE THIS TO HAPPEN IN THIS AREAORLANDO? I DID NOT.I'M DOWNTIME -- DNTOWN THREETO FOUR TIMES A WEEK.ANYBODY WHO HAS HAD ISSUES, THEYALWAYS HAV KEPT TO THEMSELVES.IT IS NEVER BEEN A HOSTILEENVIRONMENT.WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THISHAPPENS, SHOCKS EVERYBODYBECAUSE NOBODY IS ANTICIPATINSOMEBODY GOING OUT AND TRY TOCAUSE HARM FOR MUCH PEOPLEFOR WHAT SEEMS LIKE NO REASON.IT IS A LITTLE JARRING.IT ADDS A SOLEMN BY THE AIR DRYTODAY.BEING HERE TODAY SEEINGEVERYBODY, ALL THE WATER ANDFOOD BELOV BRINGING, BELOVEDDONATING BLOOD --PEOPLE HAVEBEEN DONATING BLO, ITREINFORCES THAT FEELING OFSAFETY AND TOGETHERNESS INORLANDO I FELT MY ENTIRE LIFE.SANIKA DREW WAS ONE OF MANYPEOPLE WHO SPOKE TO US TODAYTHAT SHARE THE SAME SENTIMENTS.YET ANOTHE CREW OF PEOPLE WERECOMING I BRINGING WATER TO KEEPPEOP HYDRATED BECAUSE THIS ISSUCH AN IMPORTANT NECESSITY.FELICI THAT SENSE OF COMMUNITYTHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT, WEHAVE HEARD TIME AND TIME AGAIN.ERI GIVING TED A BREAK.YOU TR TO PUL THE PIECES OFGOOD RIGHT NOW AFTER THISHORRIFIC SITUATION.PEOPLE STEPPING FORWARD ANDSHOWING WHAT THE COMMUNITY ISALL ABOUT.

Blood banks over capacity

People are heading to blood banks to make donations after the mass shooting in Orlando. Sanika Dange reports.